Psychology News and Research Briefs
Brief summaries of the latest news related to mental health and mental illness, as well as brief abstracts of the latest research in anxiety, depression, ADHD, learning disabilities, and more.
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Soldiers Suppressed War Traumas, Government Ignored Emotional Damages in Post-WWII Finland A project examining Finnish culture after World War II shows the government ignored the psychological impact of the war on soldiers as it focused on economic and political damages. Continue reading Soldiers Suppressed War Traumas, Government Ignored Emotional Damages in Post-WWII Finland
Refining Parent's Approach To Discipline - Disciplining the "Callous-Unemotional" Child A study of child-management training programs at the University of New South Wales, Australia suggests that children exhibiting a "callous-unemotional" temperament respond poorly to typical approaches to discipline such as time-out. Focusing on a group of b... Continue reading Refining Parent's Approach To Discipline - Disciplining the "Callous-Unemotional" Child
Sunlight Gives Your Brain A Boost Researchers at the Universities of Liege and Surrey have released findings associating exposure to daylight with increased cognitive function. In the study, Daytime Light Exposure Dynamically Enhances Brain Responses, subjects were exposed to bright white l... Continue reading Sunlight Gives Your Brain A Boost
NIH Study on Autism Finds Entire Brain Affected A recent study by the National Institutes of Health has indicated that neurological signs in autistic patients are not limited to the brain areas involved in social interaction, communication, and reasoning. Previously it has been held that problems in tho... Continue reading NIH Study on Autism Finds Entire Brain Affected
Doctors Fail to Treat Nearly Two-Thirds of Depressed Pregnant Women Research at the University of Michigan Depression Center recently published in General Hospital Psychiatry has found that the "majority of pregnant women who have full-blown major depression aren't getting any treatment for the condition, and neither are mo... Continue reading Doctors Fail to Treat Nearly Two-Thirds of Depressed Pregnant Women
Children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Are Prime Targets for Bullies In Peer Victimization in Children With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Relations With Symptoms of Psychopathology, published in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, vol. 35, No. 3, researchers find that children with OCD are almost three... Continue reading Children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Are Prime Targets for Bullies
Is Marriage Good For You? It Is If You Are Depressed. A new evaluation of the National Survey of Families and Households performed at Ohio State University questions the old belief that marriage is good for everyone. Going in the examiners thought that depressed people would benefit less from being married be... Continue reading Is Marriage Good For You? It Is If You Are Depressed.
Despite Therapists' Misgivings, AA and Other Mutual-Help Groups Are Shown Effective Among mental health professionals, there is some skepticism about the value of AA and other groups to many types of patients. Therapists express concern that atheist or highly religious people may have difficulty with the religious aspects of AA and other ... Continue reading Despite Therapists' Misgivings, AA and Other Mutual-Help Groups Are Shown Effective |
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